Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together or separately , the two of them may hold the key to power after the election . |
| 2 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 3 | Topsel warns that playing with them may destroy the lungs and corrupt the air : ‘ There was a certain company of Monks much given to nourish and play with Cats , whereby they were so infected , that within a short space none of them were able to say , read , pray , or sing , in all the Monastery . |
| 4 | There are a number of University Scholarships as well and those interested in applying for them should inform the Faculty and write to the Secretary to the University . |
| 5 | Consequently capital owners or allied groups directly tied to them should control the state in industrial society and run it in their own interests . |
| 6 | As the four-man squad loped , half-crouching , along the space station 's strangely-twisting corridors , Ace and Daak were squabbling about which of them should guard the other 's back . |
| 7 | Anyone wanting to find if there is a judgment against them should contact the Registry at 173-175 Cleveland Street , London W1P 5PE . |
| 8 | Looking back at these different sets of theories ( outlined in sections 5.3.2 , 5.3.3 and 5.3.4 ) , consider how each of them might explain the restructuring of local government ( discussed in Chapter 4 and referred to at the start of section 5.3 ) which took place in the 1980s ? |
| 9 | Loyal and moderate as the noble constitutionalists seemed , any concessions to them might open the way to federalism , separatism and even more dangerous tendencies . |
| 10 | Soon after the introduction of GREAs the government recognized a danger that some authorities might use them as targets , with the consequence that some authorities spending below their GREAs might be encouraged to spend more , while those spending far above them might find the task of cutting back to GREA level too difficult . |
| 11 | I do n't believe there 's a one of them could tell the difference between a T-72 and a kiddie 's tricycle . ’ |
| 12 | At first , communication was something of a problem for the couple , as neither of them could speak the others native tongue , but this was soon overcome by a friendly interpreter . |
| 13 | I must say that not all of them could afford the fees . |
| 14 | Not surprisingly in this sprawling rural district the tories are the second largest grouping on the council and a couple of gains for them could deny the independents overall control . |
| 15 | In any case , few of them could share the enthusiasm of liberal politicians for such reforms as the establishment of free trade unions . |
| 16 | Hopper heads are generally considered unsanitary as they are not self-cleaning ( and can get coated with dried soap ) and the smell from them could enter the bathroom through an open window . |
| 17 | Normally that should present no problem to the team batting second , but none of them could dominate the bowling and the low total seemed to spur England to some brilliant fielding ; when Botham got Gomes and Richards in successive overs , the game moved England 's way , and the rest of the wickets drifted away for a total of just 148 . |
| 18 | But more severely mentally handicapped children would not derive sufficient benefit from the normal schools , and their presence within them would present the teachers with a disruptively broad range of intellectual ability . |
| 19 | ‘ Each of them would blame the other . |
| 20 | Then , unerringly , he found his way to Modigliani , wherever he was , and the two of them would drink the night away until they were unconscious , taken to the police station and beaten up . |
| 21 | Ivan was the real threat , and if only Adolf had the sense he 'd do a deal with Churchill , they 'd kick Neville into touch , and the pair of them would whip the Reds from here to Kingdom Come , or from arsehole to breakfast-time , whichever was the shorter route . |
| 22 | Anyway , neither of them would inform the police about him . |
| 23 | The feeling in the dressing rooms after the first round was that one of them would collect the Cup . |
| 24 | If so , the protective trees had gone , and the brutal buildings which had replaced them would channel the wind more fiercely , not screen it . |
| 25 | Occasionally one of them would glance the youth 's way as if expressing some general unease about him . |
| 26 | It took the London store magnate Gordon Selfridge , who included them in his own advertising copy in the evening papers , to show that publishing them would increase the value of the paper to its readers , rather than make them desert to a rival medium . |
| 27 | They do this even though they may break the conventions from time to time . |
| 28 | A number of organisations require employees to submit receipts and VAT invoices so that they may reclaim the VAT paid as a business expense . |
| 29 | In the following four sections we shall examine five different habits used by animals to avoid being eaten : potential prey may actively flee their predators , or they may stay still and try to be invisible , or they may stuff themselves with sickening chemicals and advertise their unpalatability with bright ‘ warning colours ’ , or they may mimic the warning colours of others , and finally , in some circumstances , an animal may make itself less likely to be eaten by living in a group . |
| 30 | For example , Private Acts of Parliament are treated as legislation even though they may regulate the conduct of only a single individual ; on the other hand , an ‘ administrative order ’ affecting a large number of people may be difficult to distinguish from as legislative act . |